From Dec. 13 – Feb. 3, I wrote more than 100 articles for the Nation Now blog. Some of these stories also appeared in print, as noted by the asterisks.
Enterprise/longer news features:
Coalition for Navajo Equality activists Tamra Yonnie, from left, her brother Brennen Yonnie and his partner, Alray Nelson. The coalition is working to repeal the Navajo Nation’s 2005 ban on same-sex marriage.
- Navajo Nation struggles with same-sex marriage * – picked up by Washington Post
- Obamacare lawsuit forces order of nuns into the public eye * – also picked up by Washington Post on A3
- Utah gay marriage ruling brings mixed emotions *
- New Mexico judge affirms right to ‘aid in dying’ *
- Proposed Satan monument heats up debate in Oklahoma *
- ‘Bad heroin’ blamed for 22 deaths in Pennsylvania
- From over the rainbow, an Iowa mother bestows a Christmas wish*
- FCC launches inquiry on ‘universal 911’ system after woman’s death
Shootings: Colorado high school, Reno hospital, Purdue University, Maryland mall etc.
- Police tape of Colorado shooting: ‘There’s a student down‘
- Colorado shooter was said to be targeting his high school debate coach
- New details on Colorado school shooting emerge *
- Some Colorado students return to campus for belongings, counseling
- Colorado shooting victim Claire Davis dies *
- Reno medical center shooting draws expressions of shock, sadness *
- Reno hospital shooter claimed to have ‘adverse symptoms’ from surgery
- 911 calls from Reno shooting describe terror
- Teacher’s assistant kills another at Purdue University
- Victims of Maryland mall shooting identified; motive still unknown
Gay marriage:
Laurie Wood, left, and Kody Partridge embrace after the Rev. Curtis L. Price tells them they are officially married. They were among the first couples married Friday in Salt Lake City after a judge struck down Utah’s ban on gay marriage. (Scott Sommerdorf / Salt Lake Tribune)
- Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage is struck down *
- Utah vows to appeal gay marriage ruling to Supreme Court
- Crowds rally at Utah capital in support of same-sex marriage
Breaking News:
- Memorial set for 16-year-old who died on flight from Seattle
- North Carolina ferry hits sandbar; 13 injured
- Justice Department to give $1.5 million for Newtown relief
- Harvard Medical School fined for animal welfare violations
- 3 children killed, 7 others hurt in Louisiana fire
- Denver issues 10 finalized licenses to recreational marijuana stores *
Quirky:
- Nation’s oldest known veterans, both 107, meet for first time
- George Zimmerman painting sells on EBay for $100,099.99*
- Possum drop to ring in new year in North Carolina mountain town
- Times Square Ball Drop has some oddball counterparts*
- Americans seeking Mega Millions flock to ‘lucky’ stores
Weather:
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